HEBER SPRINGS (AP) — A highway in central Arkansas will be getting $5 million in improvements as part of a $123 million federal program to fix rural roads.

The U.S. Transportation Department announced Thursday that Arkansas’ portion of the money will go to road improvements and bridge replacements on Highway 92.

The highway runs from Plumerville in Conway County to Heber Springs near Greers Ferry Lake. Roads in the region have been put under stress by heavy vehicles used in drilling for natural gas in the Fayetteville Shale play.

State highway officials plan an announcement at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Little Rock at the Highway and Transportation Department headquarters in Little Rock.

The federal program is providing financing for 125 rural road projects in 23 states.